The present disclosure generally relates to printed structures and methods for generating the same. The printed structure includes a first surface including a first ink type arranged in a first image and a second surface at least partially aligned with at least a portion of the first surface, the second surface including a second type of ink arranged in a second image. The first and second surfaces are physically separated from one another, the first image is visible under a first set of light wavelengths and the second image is visible under a second set of light wavelengths.
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1. A printed structure generated by a printer, the printed structure comprising: a first surface comprising a first ink type printed on the first surface so as to be arranged in a first image; and a second surface at least partially aligned with at least a portion of the first surface, the second surface comprising a second ink type printed on the second surface so as to be arranged in a second image; wherein the first surface and second surface are physically separated from one another; the first image generated by the first ink type is observable under a first set of light wavelengths; and the second image generated by the second ink type is observable under a second set of light wavelengths.
2. The printed structure of claim 1 , wherein a material forming the second surface is transparent or partially transparent.
3. The printed structure of claim 1 , wherein the first ink type of CMY ink and the second ink type is ultraviolet RGB ink.
4. The printed structure of claim 1 , further comprising a base material, wherein the first surface is a top surface of the base material; and an overlay material, wherein the second surface is a surface of the overlay material; wherein the overlay material is positioned over with the base material.
5. The printed structure of claim 4 , wherein the overlay material is aligned with the base material such that the first image and the second image are registered with one another.
6. The printed structure of claim 1 , further comprising a substrate, wherein the first surface is defined on a first side of the substrate and the second surface is defined on a second side of the substrate.
7. The printed structure of claim 1 , wherein the first surface and the second surface are physically separated to prevent intermixing of the first ink and the second ink.
8. The printed structure of claim 1 , wherein the first ink is printed halftone at a first angle; and the second is printed halftone at a second angle, wherein the first angle is different from the second angle.
9. The printed structure of claim 8 , wherein the first angle and the second angle differ by 45 degrees.
10. The printed structure of claim 1 , wherein the first image and the second image are arbitrary relative to one another.
11. A method for generating a print with a different appearance under different lighting conditions, comprising: generating by a processing element a color prediction model representing achievable color ranges for one or more color alteration effects for a first input image and a second input image; evaluating the color prediction model for the first input image and the second input image to determine artifact areas; reducing a color gamut in the artifact areas of at least one of the first input image and the second input image to generate a first output image corresponding to the first input image and a second output image corresponding to the second input image, wherein the first output image and the second output image have fewer artifacts under at least one of a first light condition or a second light condition as compared to the first input image and the second input image; and printing onto a substrate the first output image and the second output image.
12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the first output image is printed on a first surface and the second output image is printed on a second surface, physically separated from the first surface.
13. The method of claim 11 , wherein the first output image is observable under visible light and the second output image is observable under ultraviolet light.
14. The method of claim 11 , wherein the substrate includes a first material and a second material, wherein the first output image is printed on the first material and the second output image is printed on the second material, wherein the second material overlays the first material.
15. A method of printing a structure with different appearances in different lighting conditions, the method comprising: printing by a printer, a fluorescent ink on a first surface, the fluorescent ink arranged into a first image; and printing by a printer, a visible ink on a second surface, the visible ink arranged into a second image, wherein the first surface is physically separated from the second surface and the first image formed by the fluorescent ink is visible under ultraviolet light and the second image is visible under visible light.
16. The method of claim 15 , wherein the first surface is transparent.
17. The method of claim 15 , wherein the fluorescent ink is printed in halftone at a first angle and the visible ink is printed in halftone at a second angle.
18. The method of claim 15 , further comprising: spatially varying an input color gamut of a portion of a first input image to be printed with the fluorescent ink to reduce ghosting effects under visible light; and spatially varying an input color gamut of a second input image to be printed with the visible ink to reduce ghosting effects.
19. The method of claim 15 , wherein the first image formed by the fluorescent ink and the second image formed by the visible ink are unrelated to one another.
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